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Featured History
Explore focused historical collections organised by theme, covering ancient and early modern history, wars, politics, science, NHS and health history, exploration, engineering, culture and major historical figures.
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Ancient, medieval & early modern history
Long-running states, dynasties, civil conflict and revolution before the modern era.
Roman Empire
Explore Roman emperors, dynasties, warfare, government, religion, Roman Britain and the Eastern Roman Empire.
Tudor
Explore the House of Tudor, its monarchs, succession, government, religion, warfare and major events.
English Civil War
Civil war, monarchy, Parliament and the struggle for political control.
French Revolution
Revolution, political upheaval, republican government and the transformation of France.
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World wars & military history
Campaigns, battles, invasions and conflicts from the First World War through the late twentieth century.
World War I Battles
Explore major battles and campaigns of the First World War.
Gallipoli Campaign
Explore the Dardanelles and Gallipoli campaign, including the naval assault, Anzac and Cape Helles landings, Suvla, Sari Bair, major commanders and the evacuation.
Munich Agreement
Explore the 1938 Munich Agreement, the Sudeten crisis, appeasement, the four-power conference and the consequences for Czechoslovakia.
World War II Battles
Explore major battles and campaigns of the Second World War.
D-Day & Normandy Landings
Explore D-Day, Operation Overlord, the Normandy beach landings, airborne operations, the battle for Caen, Cherbourg, Operation Cobra and the Falaise Pocket.
Nuremberg Trials
Explore the International Military Tribunal and Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings, including defendants, witnesses, evidence, verdicts, sentences and executions.
Suez War
Explore the 1956 Suez Crisis and war, including canal nationalisation, Operation Kadesh, Anglo-French intervention, United Nations action and withdrawal.
Vietnam War
Explore the First Indochina War and Vietnam War through a searchable chronology of battles, political decisions, diplomacy, people and places.
Falklands War
Explore the 1982 conflict between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the Falkland Islands, including the invasion, naval and air operations, land campaign and aftermath.
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Politics, revolution & international affairs
Political systems, revolutions, diplomatic crises, integration and major twentieth-century political events.
Russian Revolution
Revolutionary Russia, political collapse, competing movements and the creation of a new state.
Weimar Republic
Germany between empire and dictatorship: politics, economic crisis and the Weimar Republic.
European Economic Community
Explore the EEC, treaties, enlargement and the development of European integration.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Explore the October 1962 confrontation involving Cuba, the United States and the Soviet Union, including missiles, quarantine, diplomacy and military escalation.
Watergate
The break-in, investigation, political crisis and events surrounding the Nixon presidency.
J.F. Kennedy Assassination
Search a dedicated archive of records, people, events, places and investigations connected with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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Science, medicine & the nuclear age
Scientific discovery, healthcare, nuclear history and major technological or scientific events.
Astronomy
Explore astronomical discoveries, observers, theories, planets, stars, missions and milestones across world history.
Physics
Explore physicists, experiments, discoveries and theories across mechanics, electromagnetism, relativity, quantum physics, atomic physics and nuclear physics.
Albert Einstein
Explore Einstein's life, relativity, quantum theory, scientific career, Nobel Prize, public life and 152 connected historical records.
National Health Service
Explore the history of the NHS from the 1946 Act and 1948 launch through hospitals, general practice, public health, reform, digital health and modern policy.
Nuclear
Explore nuclear physics, atomic weapons, reactors, testing, Cold War strategy and major events of the nuclear age.
Chernobyl Disaster
Explore the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Unit 4, plant operators, firefighters, Soviet government response, liquidators, international nuclear safety and the aftermath.
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Exploration, engineering, maritime & culture
Exploration, engineering achievement, maritime history and the development of cinema.
Terra Nova Expedition
The British Antarctic expedition associated with Robert Falcon Scott and the South Pole journey.
Titanic
The RMS Titanic, its voyage, people, disaster and related historical records.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Explore Brunel's engineering career, railways, bridges, ships and Victorian industrial history.
Cinema
Explore the history of film, cinema technology, studios, performers, directors, movements and screen culture.
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Football history
Explore football's history through landmark matches, clubs, players, managers, trophies and international tournaments.
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Biographies & political leaders
Dedicated collections following major political figures across their lives and historical context.
Winston Churchill
Explore Churchill's political career, wartime leadership, speeches, diplomacy, military service and major events across the World History Database chronology.
Adolf Hitler
Explore Hitler's political rise, Nazi dictatorship, foreign policy, the Second World War, persecution, genocide and major events from 1889 to 1945.